THE WEATHER

Southland Times, Issue 20016, 2 November 1926, Page 9

THE WEATHER

FIGURES FOR OCTOBER. The last month of spring, October, which has just closed, proved one of the most un- II seasonable and rough that, has been ex- II perienced for some years. High winds were I general throughout the month, accompanied I on six occasions by slight frost. The total rain- 11 fall for the month was 4.35 inches, which 11 fell over a period of 17 days. The biggest fall was 1.12 inches registered on October 27. Despite the apparently unusually wet II conditions, the rainfall was less than the average, 4.71 inches. A remarkable feature I of the weather was that cold, easterly winds, accompanied by little or no rain, were ex- II perienced until October 15, and after that II date the weather was continually wet and II slightly warmer, the ruling winds being I from the west. The following details of the weather were compiled by Mr L. Lennie:—

RAINFALL. 'Hie following is a comparative table of I the rainfall for the past three years together II with the average for each month: —

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1924. inches. 1925. nches. 1926. Average, nches. inches. January 3.98 1.39 2.73 2.70 February . . 2.47 2.48 6.42 3.79 March .. . . .94 4.99 2.03 2.65 April .. . . 2.92 3.87 3.30 3.69 May .. . . 6.41 2.48 5.56 4.81 June .. . . 5.39 2.03 3.23 3.88 July .. . . 2.95 1.32 2.24 2.17 August . 1.17 3.24 5.43 3.28 September 3.32 6.81 5.33 5.48 October 3.08 3.24 4.35 3.55 November .84 4.93 — — December 4.34 3.00 — — Totals .. 37.71 39.78 40.77 36.00